Fishing reel



Septv 15, 1925. 1,55433? W SCHMID y FISHNG REEL Filed July 5. 1924'Patented Sept. l5, 1.925.

UNITEDl STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM sommi, or coLDwATEn, MICHIGAN.

FISHING REEL.

Application led J'uly 5,

, reels wherein a dragmechanism is provided for the purposeofcontrolling the action of the reel in makinga cast in order that' theunwinding of the reel will be checked on the completion of the cast toprevent .undesired release of superfluous line with the consequentdanger of the line becoming snarled' or entangled.

In such reels, this is usually effected by the use of a hinged bailthrough or under which the line passes and which is operated by the linewhen in tension during the making of a cast or when being otherwisedrawn out from the reel, the said bail actuating a brake member which inturn engages or is disengaged from the spool for the required purpose.The mounting of this brake and its cooperating parts has in theseinstances required the use of special supporting means auxiliary to theend rings of the reel frame, or have been carried by the head cap, thesaid arrangements being more or less con1- plicated and requiring apartial disassembvling of the brake mechanism in order to effect theremoval of the head cap in closing the end of the spool and have,moreover, by reason of their design, been limited to some extent as tofrictional area presented to the spool.

These disadvantages I overcome by my invention, which also provides forthe mounting of the drag mechanism vupon the head ring of a reelwithoutnecessitating the i mechanical association of the head cap therewith andthereby permitting the removal of the said head cap without interferingwith the said drag mechanism.

Itis also an object of -this invention to provide a brake member pivotedto an outer b head-ring and extending inwardly of said head ring Vwiththe brake proper of the said member at the inner end thereof and bent orprojecting beneath the rim ofthe spool, the Said brake member beingoperable by a bail also mounted in said head ring.

1924. Serial No. 724,307.

Still further objects 'subsidiary to and resulting from the aforesaidobjects, or from the construction or operation of .the inventlon as 1tmay be carried into effect, will be come apparent as the said inventionis here- ,inafter further disclosed. In carryin the said linvention intoeffect I may provi e in an anti back lash reel -a head ring having anopening coincident with the end of the spool, which spool is providedwith a rim contiguous vto the margin of the sald opening, a bail in theform of a cranked lever journaled in the said head ring, the extremityof which bail is adapted to actuate a brake member also swingablymounted on the said head ring and operable against the -action of thespring carried thereby, and

said brake member being provided at its free end with an inwardly turnedbrake proper which internally engages the rim of' the said spool. All ofwhich is more particularly described and ascertained hereinafter, by wayof example, havin reference to the accompanying drawing, w ereinlj`igure`1-is'an elevation of a fishing reel with the head cap removed,illustrating the improved brake mechanism;

Figure 2 is a broken perspective' View of the same together with thehead cap;

Figure 3 is a perspective detail back View of the brake member removed,and

Figure 4 is a perspective detail view illus.

trating the modified arrangement of connec tion between the bail memberand the brake member.

Similar characters of reference indicate similar parts in the severalfigures of the Only one'end of the spool is shown as being necessary toa proper indication of the said invention, 1 being the head ring at thisend i of the reel to which is fitted the head cap 2fby means of screws3, and l is a bail journaled in the said ring 5 and having a cranked end6 upon which isr mounteda roller 7. The

9 of the s ring 12. This brake member is also provi ed at its outer freeend with an inwardly turned ear piece 16. preferably vfaced with leatheror vsimilar material 17 rotation of the spool as will be readily unfderstood, such operative position being indicated in Figure 1 and thebail being shown in full lines, but when the line 20 is taut, as,v shownin chain lines in said Figure 1 and the bail raised as shown in dottedlines therein, the brake member is depressed by the cranked end of thesaid bail releasing the brake and permits the free rotation of the spoolas required. Figure 2 illustrates the parts in the position occupiedwhen the bail is raised.

It will be seen that the head-ring supports all of the operative partsof the brake mechanism, so that the head ring may be removed withoutinterference therewith, and thatthe construction does not call for theuse of any additional supporting member for suoli parts or for any ofthem.

In the example shown in Figure 4 the brake member 10a is shown as beingattached to the cranked end 7a of the bail by a link 21 which is pivotedtothe said brake member at 22, this effecting a positive association ofthe bail member with the brake member.

A device of the type described may be very easily constructed andassembled and lends itself readily to inspection and cleaning from timeto time without danger of disturbing its adjustment or complicating theprocedure necessary for effecting the detaching and attaching of thehead cap.

This invention may be developed within the scope of the appended claimswithout departing from the` essential features of the invention, and ,itis desired that the speciiication and drawing be read as being merelyillustrative and not in a limiting sense, except as imitated by theprior art.

What I claim is 1. In a fishing reel wherein a brake is normally appliedto a spool, and wherein a line shifted bail is alapted to release thebrake; means for maintaining the brake normally applied, said meansincluding a spring supported bythe brake, and a series of teeth on thebrake and between two of which -teethan end of said spring is held andadapted for engagement with other teeth to increase the braking actionof said brake. A iish reel brake as called for in claim l wherein saidbrake isfin the form of a member having the teeth on one side thereofand a spool engaging shoe on its opposite side. i

In a device of the class described, a spool, a head ring around one endthereof,

.a brake on said head ring, said brake having a series of recesses, aspring on said head ring moving said brake into engagement with saidspool, said spring having an end thereof in one of the brake recessesand adapted to be shifted to other recesses to increase the tension ofsaid spring, and a bail also -mounted on said head ring and actuating

